. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 79°55' West, or Greenwich -79'53' Depths. Reefs exposed at low water. 0 to 16 Feet. 16 to 32 Feet. 1,100 Yards. During the Spanish régime the only line of communication between the two oceans was a simple mule-track crossing the isthmus northwards to Puerto Belo on the Atlantic side. This old seaport, whose fortifications are now overgrown with a forest vegetation, has sunk to the position of an obscure hamlet occuj^ied by a few hundred negroes who do a little trade with Colon, Colombia and Jamaica. The harbour is commodious, deep and well sheltered, but th
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 79°55' West, or Greenwich -79'53' Depths. Reefs exposed at low water. 0 to 16 Feet. 16 to 32 Feet. 1,100 Yards. During the Spanish régime the only line of communication between the two oceans was a simple mule-track crossing the isthmus northwards to Puerto Belo on the Atlantic side. This old seaport, whose fortifications are now overgrown with a forest vegetation, has sunk to the position of an obscure hamlet occuj^ied by a few hundred negroes who do a little trade with Colon, Colombia and Jamaica. The harbour is commodious, deep and well sheltered, but the district is extremely unhealthy owing to the want of circulation caused by the surrounding heights.
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